This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled binder: fix comment on binder_alloc_new_buf() return value to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: binder-fix-comment-on-binder_alloc_new_buf-return-value.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From e1090371e02b601cbfcea175c2a6cc7c955fa830 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 17:21:36 +0000 Subject: binder: fix comment on binder_alloc_new_buf() return value From: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx> commit e1090371e02b601cbfcea175c2a6cc7c955fa830 upstream. Update the comments of binder_alloc_new_buf() to reflect that the return value of the function is now ERR_PTR(-errno) on failure. No functional changes in this patch. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 57ada2fb2250 ("binder: add log information for binder transaction failures") Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231201172212.1813387-8-cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c +++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ err_alloc_buf_struct_failed: * is the sum of the three given sizes (each rounded up to * pointer-sized boundary) * - * Return: The allocated buffer or %NULL if error + * Return: The allocated buffer or %ERR_PTR(-errno) if error */ struct binder_buffer *binder_alloc_new_buf(struct binder_alloc *alloc, size_t data_size, Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.19/binder-use-epollerr-from-eventpoll.h.patch queue-4.19/binder-fix-comment-on-binder_alloc_new_buf-return-value.patch